ACT Bus Forum

Nominations for Photo of the Month now open.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by each member, provided they have not been submitted before

  ◦ * a third photo may be submitted if it meets the criteria shown here (https://www.actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=4685.0) - or any AOA bus or tram. However you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus or of the same location.

● photos must be "owned" by the person submitting it (if not, you must have the permission of the photographer to submit the photo - and identify the photographer)

● photos must be have taken legally - ACT Bus does not encourage or condone trespassing

● submitted photographs must prominently feature:

  ◦ public transport infrastructure (such as bus stop, bus station, bus depot, Light Rail line, tram depot) within the ACT / Queanbeyan region (location must be specified)

and/or

  ◦ a bus, tram or support vehicle from the ACT or Queanbeyan (taken within the region or a former ACT/Queanbeyan bus) where -
    ▪ the vehicle is in focus
    ▪ the fleet or registration number is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)

● photos narrower than 640 pixels (for landscape aspect) will not be accepted

If possible, please supply date or month of photo.

Refer here (http://actbus.net/gallery-submissions) for full ACT Bus photo submission conditions.

Photos can be submitted by replying to this forum topic and attaching the image; to ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height of 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos larger than 640 are required to use the option width=640 or height=640 in the image tag. For example: [img width=640] instead of [img].

To submit photos from Instagram, you must post a reply with a caption and paste the URL of the Instagram image. Photos not publicly visible cannot be submitted. We will not accept unhosted photos - they must be stored on a photo hosting site (such as Instagram, Flickr or Facebook).

Submissions close midnight 27 August, Australian Eastern standard time unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 28 August. Voting will close 31 August/1 September.

The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net website and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook and Instagram. The winner and runner(s)-up will also be included in the Photo of the Year vote. By submitting a photo, you are giving permission for it to be loaded onto the ACT Bus Gallery, and Facebook and Instagram pages.

I'll start us off:

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-750-2/Bus750-CohenSt-1.jpg)
Bus 750 - Cohen Street

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-593/Bus593-GungahlinPl-3.jpg)
Bus 593 - Gungahlin Place

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53953544981_1c9ca58e84_o.jpg)
Renault PR100.2 Mk2 BUS 979 at Woden Temporary Interchange on a rare evening outing, 24 July 2024.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53953999780_ec20880699_o.jpg)
Renault PR100.2 Mk2 BUS 980 has just turned on to Templestowe Avenue, Conder, 2 August 2024.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53953999775_5e002efc16_o.jpg)
Bonus category - AOA Renault PR100.2 Mk1 BUS 758 on Cowper Street, Dickson, June 2010.

Nominations will remain open for a further 24 hours.

BUS 356 in Defence Bank AOA on Sutherland Crescent

(https://i.postimg.cc/SKmWg6Bm/Bus356.jpg)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/137U6c9zEscIZXF8Y6MVImCc1i7VxOhaH/view?usp=sharing


Sorry if I am too late, or the photo does not work. If the photo is not working I am happy to email it somewhere for submission.


⚠️ photo uploaded to a free image hosting site (postimages.org)

Voting is now open. Votes close on Monday night.